Issues of doing gender and doing technology - Music as an innovative theme for technology education

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-454

  Thaler, A ^a   Zorn, I ^b  

^a Inter University Research Centre for Technology Work and Culture   (Austria)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; Engineering education; Gender; Music technology; Participatory technology design; Technology and science education

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE;

CURRICULUM DESIGNS; GENDER; MUSIC TECHNOLOGIES; SCIENCE EDUCATION; TECHNOLOGY DESIGNS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77954662568     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2010.490578     Document Type: Article

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